Triple-X

Triple X
Billing information
Ring name(s)	Triple X
Nickname(s)	biggest mark in the biz
Height	6'3
Weight	240 lbs
Born	November 14th, 1976
Place of Birth	Richmond, Virginia
Spouse	{{{Spouse}}}
Hometown	San Diego, California
Billed From	San Diego, California
Theme music	"Don't Tread On Me" by Metallica
Stable/Tag Team	TSC (The Superstars Corporation)
Wrestling information
Alignment	Heel
Wrestling Style	All-Rounder
Notorious Feuds With	Jeff Jericho, Andrew "Wraith" Coin, Bain, Dean Warren, Jeff "The Reaper" Robbins, Z-Pac
Notorious Partnerships With	Jeff Jericho, T-Money, Bain, Taylor Bilyar, Mass Debater
Trainer	Dean "The Doctor" Warren
Handler	Todd K
Professional career
Debut	1998
Record
Accomplishments	Many
Previous Federation(s)	HWF, UWF, CWF, IWI, IWA, EWWF, AFW, NAW, RWF, PWF
Retired	n/a
Current Federation(s)	All-Star Alliance

Triple X (born November 14, 1976 in San Diego, California, USA), is a American professional wrestler. He is best known for his run in the Classic Wrestling Federation during the "golden years" of wrestling from 1997-2001. Triple X has won 26 championships in his carrer, including being an 11 time World Heavyweight Champion. He is also one of only two men to win the CWF Grand Slam, as well as holding the CWF World Heavyweight Championship a record tying five times. He is also known for being Co-Leader of one of the greatest stables in wrestling history, The Superstars Corporation (TSC). Retired from 2006 until May of 2014, Triple X recently made his return to pro wrestling under the All Star Alliance banner.

Early life

While rehabbing his knee at a local gym he ran into an old friend from high school named Dean Warren. This is what started it all. Dean was also rehabbing an injury and the two began a workout regiment to push each other back to full health. Dean was in the early stages of his pro wrestling career and the unorthodox workouts he put Triple X thru not only allowed him to regain his strength in his knee ahead of schedule. While tearing his knee in July of 1997 he was not set to return until July of 1998. With the workouts Triple X was back to full strength in March of 1998. However, while rehabbing with Warren, Triple X came to fall in love with being inside the squared circle working out with Warren. He had found his passion. Dean also noticed something in him as well, an untapped well of potential. Dean was contemplating a retirement at the time as he wanted to become a promoter and fed head. Warren convinced Triple X to join his fledgling promotion the Hardcore Wrestling Federation and at the same time got Triple X a tryout with Jon G. of the Ultimate Wrestling Federation. After going through the ringer and working himself into wrestling shape, Triple X debuted with the Hardcore Wrestling Federation in May of 1998.

Wrestling Career

The Early Years (HWF, UWF)

After honing his skills in the HWF, he accepted an offer to join the Ultimate Wrestling Federation, ran by Jon G in the summer of 1998. Jon saw potential in the young Triple X and gave the young wrestler a contract after he was invited to a HWF show by Dean "The Doctor" Warren. Warren had joined the UWF months before and was already the reigning UWF Internet Champion. The UWF at the time was not filled with the greatest talent in the world but, it was one of those "feeder" independent feds that places like Turbo Wrestling Federation, Classic Wrestling Federation, Mo's World Wrestling Federation would pluck up and coming talent from.

While in the UWF, X tasted his first championship gold just months into his tenure on September 1, 1998. His old friend, Warren was the champion but vacated the title due to an injury and a tournament was held to declare the new champion. Triple X would hold the belt for the remainder of September and would never technically lose the belt. On September 28th, 1998, Triple X fought in his first PPV Main Event for the UWF in a Title for Title Match against the UWF World Champion, Atomic Drop. Triple X won the match and in the process the UWF World Title, claiming his first World Heavyweight Championship. X would hold the title nearly two months before dropping the belt to Bret Hart on November 22, 1998. This would be his last match in the Ultimate Wrestling Federation as Triple X had signed a long term deal with the Classic Wrestling Federation just a few weeks prior. Dropping the belt allowed him to focus more on the CWF, which at the time was considered one of the top promotions running.

The UWF provided Triple X with his first World Championship and the contacts that he made backstage would prove beneficial in his career. One of UWF President's friends and business partners was Mark X, Owner and President of the CWF. Mark began to take notice of the young man and gave him a trial run in the CWF beginning in September of 1998. Another prominent connection he would carry forward throughout his career would be CWF's wrestler Assassin. The two would later team up in the Rebel Wrestling Federation, earning the Tag Team Titles twice.

The Classic Wrestling Federation (CWF)

Debut, tag team, return

In September of 1998, Classic Wrestling Federation owner Mark Xamin offered Triple X a trial contract for his promotion. At that time the CWF was considered the big leagues and Triple X was excited about the opportunity to test his skills against the best in the world. However, due to scheduling conflicts and the fact that Triple X held the UWF World Heavyweight Title at the time, he was unable to compete as Triple X for the CWF initially. He would enter the CWF under the name of Vengeance and compete in the tag team division with his brother. Together the team of Vengeance and Shadow made a formidable tag team during their brief run together in the CWF. Winning their first three matches, they quickly earned a Tag Team Title shot, which they capitalized on to earn Triple X his first CWF gold. The team however did not last long together due to the fact that Triple X's time was split between the UWF and HWF still. Triple X was torn between the brands that gave him a start and the promotion that could take him to the pinnacle of wrestling. At this time, his brother Shadow was injured in a automobile accident which ended his wrestling career. This injury forced the duo to vacate the Tag Team Titles. This ended Triple X's first tenure in the CWF, but he was able to impress Mark X enough to earn a handshake agreement to return in one month after fulfilling his final obligations to the HWF and the UWF.

Hot streak, singles success, Mid-Atlantic Title, Unified Champion

Triple X returned to CWF television on the November 15th, 1998 edition on Sunday Night Brawl to compete in a 10 man Bunkhouse Battle Royal match. This would be the start of one of the hottest streaks in CWF history. The stipulations of the match were that the last 4 men remaining would fight in a fatal four way on Tuesday Night Attitude to determine the number one contender to the CWF Mid-Atlantic Championship. Triple X would be one of the last four men remaining and would go on to defeat the other three in the fatal four way to become the number one contender to the Mid-Atlantic Title. Triple X would follow this up by challenging former CWF World Heavyweight Champion and reining Mid-Atlantic Champion, Freeze. In what would be the first of three upsets over CWF greats, Triple X claimed his first CWF singles title by defeating Freeze on the November 22nd, 1998 edition of Sunday Night Brawl.  Proving that this win over the former World Champion was no fluke, Triple X followed Brawl with a match against the man most considered the greatest wrestler in the CWF, Jeff Jericho.  Jericho and Triple X would be a non-Mid-Atlantic Title match set for November 24th, 1998 and would mark the begining of one of the greatest rivalries/friendships in wrestling history.  Triple X once again shocked the wrestling world and defeated the heavily favored "Golden One" Jeff Jericho on Tuesday Night Attitude.

Triple X would appear at his first ever CWF pay-per-view on November 29th, 1998 when he defended his Mid-Atlantic title at Battle to Survive (1998). Triple X was scheduled to appear in two matches, but ended up stepping in the ring three times during the night. First up he was to team up with former CWF World Heavyweight Champion, "Hotshot" Mike Stewart, who was at the time held the longest reign in company history. Triple X seized this opportunity to showcase his talents and make his mark on the CWF, as he attacked Stewart and left him in the ring to be pinned. This was an event that helped catapult Triple X's name into the hierarchy of the CWF. Up next, Triple X was set to face Assassin, another CWF legend, and Dave Davidson in a triple threat match for the Mid-Atlantic Title. Triple X came out victorious as Davidson submitted to the X-Lock, however after the match Ransom challenged Triple X to an impromptu match for the Mid-Atlantic Title. Triple X accepted the challenge and defeated Ransom to retain the title in a match that featured Hardcore rules. So after one month of full time competition in the CWF, Triple X held wins over two former World Heavyweight Champions, attacked another, and was the reining Mid-Atlantic Champion.

Triple X would hold on to the Mid-Atlantic Title for several more weeks before dropping the title to X~Treme Innovator on December 6th, 1998. This would begin an incredible two week run for Triple X, culminating in him being crowned the CWF World Heavyweight Champion for the first time. After losing the Mid-Atlantic Title, Triple X competed in the first ever Double King of the Mountain match on Tuesday Night Attitude. The match began with two different matches in two different adjacent rings. Triple X defeated Garret "Jackal" Michaels in one ring and Shane Calloway defeated Johnny Jackson in the other. Triple X then defeated Calloway to become the Double King of the Mountain winner, the first and only time this match has taken place in the CWF. The following Sunday Night Brawl, on December 13th, Triple X was one of 20 men to compete in an over the top rope Battle Royal to decide the new CWF National Champion and CWF Unified Champion. Both titles had been vacated when Nemesis won the CWF World Heavyweight Championship. Triple X finished second in the Royal, thus becoming the CWF Unified Champion due to the match stipulations.

First World Heavyweight Title reign, CWF/RWF split

Triple X's reign as Unified Champion would last only two days as on the following Tuesday Attitude, December 15th, 1998, history was made. Triple X, a rookie at the time, faced the first ever CWF Grand Slam winner and reining World Champ, Nemesis. In what is still considered the greatest World Title upset, Triple X defeated Nemesis in an epic 45 minute battle to claim his first ever CWF World Heavyweight Championship. Triple X would go on to successfully defend the title at Season's Beatings (1998) against Assassin. Triple X's first World Title reign in the CWF came to an end through no fault of his own, as the CWF and RWF split caused the CWF to close it's doors on December 31st, 1998.

RWF, EWWF

When CWF President Steven Duarte left to form the Rebel Wrestling Federation (RWF) in the winter of 1998, many CWF wrestlers left with him. Triple X, wanting to stay loyal to the CWF brand, and being the World Heavyweight Champion, stayed behind. However, once the CWF closed it's doors, Triple X signed a short term RWF contract.

Triple X came in and alongside former enemy, Assassin, helped battle the RWF in the name of the CWF. Assassin and Triple X formed a tag team duo that would feud with Steve Dart and The Love Machine over the RWF Tag Team Titles. The two groups would trade the titles back and forth over the month of January with X and Assassin becoming two time RWF World Tag Team Champions in the process.

Triple X, who after the CWF closed in December was a free agent, also signed on with the Extreme World Wrestling Federation in January of 1999. Triple X was a big fish in a small pond during the EWWF's tenure and easily captured the EWWF World Heavyweight Title.

CWF Returns and Dominance of 1999

TSC and Super Card II

The CWF's hiatus proved to be short lived as they were only off the air for the month of January 1999. At the start of February, Mark X announced the return of the Classic Wrestling Federation. Almost immediately this threw other promotions into a tailspin as talent jumped ship to return to the top promotion in wrestling. Triple X was no different as his one month stint in the RWF was coming to a close, the EWWF closed at the end of January as well, leaving X a free agent again. Triple X quickly signed a deal with the CWF and returned for the Snowstorm '99. Triple X faced another legend in the CWF realm and once again, he defeated said legend, this time dispatching the longest reigning National Champion, Patriot. This proved to be The Patriot's last match ever. Snowstorm 99 was also a pivotal card in the history of the CWF, as it saw the formation of The Superstars Corporation (TSC). The group would include Jeff Jericho, T-Money, Jamal Williams, and Freeze and would run roughshod over the CWF during 1999.

Following Snowstorm 99, every wrestler in the CWF was put into a Royal Rumble entitled The Classic Showdown at Super Card II. The stipulations of the match were as follows: the last three men remaining at the end would qualify for singles titles, with the third to last being the Unified Champion and the final two men left at the end moving on to face each other one on one in the Main Event. Triple X would eliminate Steve Dart last, leaving Triple X and Kevin Merrix as the last two men standing. This meant Triple X would face Merrix in the Main Event, with the winner becoming the new World Heavyweight Champion and the loser leaving with the National Title. But, before that match could take place there was a random drawing of wrestlers to compete in a Tag Team Title match. The competitors and partners were drawn at random and Triple X's name was selected to partner up with Shawn Hilliard. Despite being drained from the Classic Showdown, Triple X fought in the Tag Team match valiantly and the random team came out victorious, making Triple X the new CWF World Tag Team Champion. At this point, physically and mentally exhausted, Triple X had little time to recover before the Main Event with Kevin Merrix. Somehow, he found the energy and headlined the biggest event in the CWF, Super Card. Unfortunately for X, Kevin Merrix came out on top and became the new World Heavyweight Champion. Triple X had failed at a bid to reclaim the title he felt he had never lost. On the other hand, in the loss he had been crowned the new CWF National Champion, which made him the second CWF Grand Slam winner.

Iron Man Match & Second World Title Reign

On the first edition of Sunday Night Brawl in over two months, Triple X faced off against Andrew "Wraith" Coin in a 30-minute Iron Man Match. This was the first Iron Man Match in the CWF's history and the two had been feuding since the CWF returned at the start of February. Wraith was being trained by CWF legend, Magnus Thunder, but ultimately Triple X won the Iron Man Match by the score of 1-0 on February 28th, 1999. Triple X made several more successful National Title defenses in the month following Super Card II, including wins over T-Money, Mark Mendos and "2BAD" Jamal Williams. Triple X still had aspirations for the World Heavyweight Title, now in the hands of Bain, therefore he vacated the National Title in exchange for a World Heavyweight Title shot. Triple X received that title shot at Retribution (1999) in a triple threat match between former champion Kevin Merrix and current champion Bain. Triple X defeated Bain and Merrix at Retribution in a Ladder Match by grabbing the title first, thus becoming a two time CWF World Heavyweight Champion.

Triple X's second World Heavyweight Title reign would last much longer than his first, and would be the beginning of a year where he would cement his legacy in the CWF. Triple X followed up the World Title win by feuding with several names that he had already been feuding with prior to winning, Bain and Wraith. One memorable match was when Triple X defeated Bain in a Steel Cage Match on Wednesday Night Pop in April of 1999.

Feud with Jeff Jericho

It was during Triple X's second World Heavyweight Title reign that tensions within the ranks of TSC began to boil over. The tension mounted and Jeff Jericho and Triple X, co-leaders of TSC, began a vicious feud. The two would battle to a time limit draw on Sunday Night Brawl, on April 25th, 1999. Triple X had put his World Title on the line against Jericho, who was the National Champion at the time. Even though the match ended in a draw, leaving Triple X's record versus Jericho at 1-0-1, the post match festivities helped shape the CWF for the months to come. After the match, the leader of X-Rated, Maniac and the leader of TSC, Jeff Jericho, joined forces to become the stable Legacy. The remaining members of TSC and XR joined up to form the stable Evolution. Evolution was lead by Triple X and included Bain, Jeff Robbins and Z-Pac, all of which had feuded with Triple X at some point in time. During this period with Evolution, Triple X captured the CWF Tag Team Championships with Bain on May 2nd, 1999, when the duo defeated Generation NeXt (Taylor Bilyar and Kris Lundquist).

Triple X's second CWF World Heavyweight Title reign came to an end on May 15th, 1999 at Red Alert. In the Main Event of the evening, Triple X was set to defend his title against Z-Pac, Bain, and Scott Degend in a Fatal Fourway. At the time, former enemy Andrew Coin was the CWF Commish, and used his powers to award the World Heavyweight Title to Jeff Jericho at the end of the match, despite Z-Pac actually pinning the champ. Triple X suffered a stinger in the match and needed two weeks off from the CWF following the PPV.

He returned on the June 1st, 1999 edition of Sunday Night Brawl to face off against Jeff Jericho in his agreed upon World Title rematch. Triple X scored his second victory over Jericho and became the new CWF World Heavyweight Champion, this time for the third time. Triple X regained leadership and control of The Superstars Corporation, as Jericho took a hiatus from the CWF after this due to injuries.

Summer of 1999 & Dean Warren feud

Triple X's third World Title reign would not last as long as his previous one, but could be considered one of his most memorable. He had just come off a clear win over the CWF's greatest wrestler, Jeff Jericho, and was beginning to lay claim to that mantle himself. The success of Triple X began to catch the eye of someone from his past. That someone was the man the who got Triple X into the sport, Dean "The Doctor" Warren. Warren was jealous of his former protege' and began a vicious feud that lasted all summer.

The heated rivalry produced some of the greatest promos in the history of the CWF and lead up to what many consider the PPV of the decade, Summer Smash (1999). In the main event, Triple X put his World Heavyweight Title on the line against the challenger, Warren. However, there was an added stipulation that the owner, Mark X, would take sides in the match and be in one mans corner. Which corner was left a mystery until that night. During the main event, Mark X came out on the side of Warren and The Doctor scored the win and claimed the World Heavyweight Title. Although Triple X lost the match, he considers this the greatest match in his career.

The feud between the two men did not end at Summer Smash. Stipulations being that when a champion loses, he is entitled a rematch. Triple X wanted this rematch as quickly as possible to prove that Warren's win at Summer Smash was a fluke. Leading up the rematch between the two, Triple X teamed with Mass Debater to defeat Warren and Jason Burt for the Tag Team Titles. This just added fuel to the fire as Triple X was doing what he set out to do, take each of Warren's titles one by one. The plans for a rematch, however would have to be delayed due to the fact that Warren had lingering issues stemming from previous injuries and was not going to be able to compete. Warren declared his title vacant, but before he did, made the stipulations that the title NOT be awarded to someone. He wanted Triple X to have to earn the title back. So, a Fatal Fourway match was set for Wednesday Night Pop on July 28th, 1999, between Triple X, Steve Dart, Lenny Luscious and Andrew Coin. Triple X came out victorious to claim his, at that time, record tying fourth CWF World Heavyweight Championship.

Fall of 99 & Final World Heavyweight Title reigns

Following his record tying fourth World Heavyweight Title reign his main two rivals from the past 7 months were both out of the CWF. However, there was one old rival left on the CWF roster, Andrew "Wraith" Coin. Coin and Triple X had previously met in the first ever CWF Iron Man Match, won by Triple X. Wraith and Lenny Luscious became the top two contenders for the World Title at this point and CWF Commissioner Maniac set the match for the August PPV. It was to be Wraith that Triple X was to defend his title against at Caesar of the Squared Circle. Triple X and Wraith put on one of the classics to end their nearly 6 month feud, with Triple X coming out on top to retain the World Heavyweight Title.

Triple X would continue to defend his title in what is considered his other dominant reign, along with his second title run. Triple X would be facing an onslaught of new talent and challengers to his crown following COTSC. The Sunday Night Brawl following COTSC, three new faces to the CWF would start a TWF invasion. Turbo Wrestling Federation was one of the other top promotions during this time period. They had just closed their doors for the final time around the end of the summer of 1999. This left an incredible amount of top talent as free agents searching for a home. Three of those TWF Main Eventers showed up on Brawl in the form of "The Real Deal'' Tek Robbins, Style and Steel. Robbins debuted by winning the CWF Unified Championship and the three immediately challenged Triple X, Bain and Mark Vanderloo to a 6 Man Tag Team match on the following edition of Brawl. On the September 12th edition of Brawl, the Main Event was spectacular, it was CWF vs TWF. The hype and build up throughout the week was palpable. The match lived up to it's billing as Triple X helped orchestrate a swerve by recruiting Tek Robbins to TSC. Robbins turned on his TWF mates and joined up with Triple X. This event also saw the debut of another TWF legend, "Sweet" Pete North.

It what was a busy September, Triple X squared off with former partner Mass Debater and Mark Vanderloo in a triple threat match with the World Heavyweight Title on the line. Triple X's fourth title reign came to an end without being pinned as Massy got the pinfall over Vanderloo and escaped with the title. Triple X got his mandatory title rematch the following week at Fall Fever (1999) and TSC pulled yet another swerve. Massy laid down for the TSC boss allowing him to become the first ever five time CWF World Heavyweight Champion. Following his win another old foe began to gun for Triple X. That foe was Bain. Bain was a former CWF World Heavyweight Champion and the same man that Triple X had defeated back at Retribution to win his second World Title.

The two had faced each other in a steel cage match previously as well, with Triple X winning. However, at Halloween Extreme (1999) the result would be different as Bain finally got his win over Triple X. This would be Triple X's last match in the CWF for nearly 6 months and marked the last time he was fully active in the CWF.

Injury and Hiatus

Following Halloween Extreme, lingering back and knee injuries caused Triple X to take some time off to recuperate. Surgery was suggested, however Triple X opted for rest and rehab to strengthen his knee. Triple X was officially inactive for the November and December of 1999. As his CWF contract was coming to an end on December 31st, Triple X's future was up in the air.

Championships and Accomplishments

Championship Titles

• 5x CWF World Heavyweight Champion
• 1x CWF National Champion
• 1x CWF Unified Champion
• 1x CWF Mid-Atlantic Champion
• 5x CWF Tag Team Champion
• 1x HWF World Heavyweight Champion
• 1x HWF National Champion
• 1x HWF Unified Champion
• 1x HWF Tag Team Champion w/ Ruckus
• 1x UWF Internet Champion
• 1x UWF World Heavyweight Champion
• 1x EWWF World Heavyweight Champion
• 2x RWF Tag Team Champion w/ Assassin
• 1x IWI Intercontinental Champion
• 1x IWA World Heavyweight Champion
• 1x IWA Intercontinental Champion
• 1x IWA Ultimate Champion
• 1x PWF World Heavyweight Champion
• 1x GPW World Heavyweight Champion

Other Accomplishments

• Winner of CWF Grand Slam
• Inducted into the CWF Hall of Fame
• 1999 Classic Wrestling Federation Feud of the Year Winner (versus Dean Warren)
• 1999 Classic Wrestling Federation Match of the Year Winner (versus Dean Warren at Summer Smash (1999))
• Classic Wrestling Federation 1999 World Champion of the Year
• Classic Wrestling Federation 1999 Wrestler of the Year
• Inducted into the "Sweet" Pete North Hall of Fame

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • X-Lock (Sharpshooter)
  • Ride of Stardom (GTS followed by a Superkick)
  • Cranium Crash (Top Tope Vertical Suplex) (used only in HWF/UWF)

• Signature moves
  • Top Rope Flying Elbow Drop
  • Flying Forearm Smash
  • DDT
  • Standing Dropkick
  • Double Axe Handle from the second rope
  • Figure Four Leglock
  • Inverted Atomic Drop
  • Multiple Suplex variations
    • Bridging German
    • Snap
    • Super
    • Vertical
  • Plancha
  • Running crossbody
  • Suicide dive
  • Swinging neckbreaker

• Nickname's
  • The biggest mark in the biz
  • XXX
  • The Paragon of Perfection
  • The Pinnacle of Excellence

• Entrance themes
  • "Don't Tread On Me" by Metallica